Kamis, 22 Agustus 2013

Super Simple Cleaning Techniques





Use a lint roller to clean your lampshade. This makes it so quick and easy!


Remove water stains with a lemon.


 Use a wet paper towel dipped in ashes to clean the glass on your fire place.



Use a window squeegee to get pet hair out of carpet. 
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Use corn meal to absorb grease.


Remove soap scum from your shower and tub with a dryer sheet. 


Place burners in a ziploc bag with ammonia for an easy 'no scrub' cleaning method.


A mixture of water and baking soda will clean your oven door.


Use vinegar and baking soda to make your iron sparkle.


Fill a spray bottle with 50/50 vinegar and water then add a couple drops of dish soap. Wash windows then buff with newspaper for a streak free window.


Use nail polish remover to clean the gunk off your pans.


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Rabu, 21 Agustus 2013

Tips to Organizing a Small Pantry to Maximize Space

Lucky, our home was blessed with a large walk-in pantry.
However, I have received many questions from readers asking for advice on organizing a small pantry. Here are my top 5 tips for making the most of your small pantry.


1. Transfer all of your items into clear containers. This will allow you to see what you have so you won't buy double which will take up extra pantry space.

2. Hang a shoe organizer on the back of your pantry door. Store snacks, drink mixes or other small items in it. Not only will this free up space on your shelves but it will keep small items from getting lost in the back of the pantry.


3. Install a Lazy Susan in the corner of your pantry. Lazy Susan's are great for keeping items within reach. They also keep items from getting buried in those dark corners.
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4. Pin your baggies to the wall with push pins. You may remember this photo from my post about 50 Insanely Clever Organizing Tips & Trick. What a brilliant idea. Not only does it make you baggies easily accessible but it also frees up some much needed shelf space. 
 
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5. Use a pantry inventory sheet to keep track of what you have. This free printable pantry inventory from my Ultimate Life Planning System makes it easy to keep track of the items in your pantry. Before you go shopping you can just look at the list to find out what you are out of and it will also keep you from buying something that you already have.



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Selasa, 20 Agustus 2013

8 Totally Disgusting Halloween Recipes


Band-aids, cockroaches, shrunken heads, and more. These recipes are guaranteed to make your Halloween party a huge hit.











Creepy Buffet 
(No recipe but this should be  simple to recreate using the meat head above, two racks of ribs, and various other meats.)



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Senin, 19 Agustus 2013

Duck Tape® Pencil Bag

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Walmart for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.

Have you seen the amazing products that you can make from Duck Tape®? Purses, book covers, even prom dresses to name a few. It seems like there is no limit when it comes to this amazing product.

Today I would like to share a tutorial to make your very own Duck Tape® Pencil Bag.

Required Materials:

  • Zipper type plastic bag (I used gallon sized)
  • Your choice Duck Tape®

If there is any writing or symbol on your plastic bag you will want to remove it. In order to do this just soak the end of a paper towel in nial polish remover and then wipe the lable off.

Now, depending on how large your bag is, you will want to cut the end of your bag off so that it fits inside your binder.

Then tape the end that you just cut with a long strip of Duck Tape®.

Now cover one side of the bag with Duck Tape®. The ends don't have to be perfectly even with the sides of the bag since we will be covering them up anyway.

The last strip of Duck Tape® will wrap around the end, stopping just before the zipper closure on the bag.

On the opposite side of the bag, add a strip of Duck Tape® along each side wrapping it around the edge to cover up the ends of your Duck Tape® strips on the other side of the bag. Then do the same with the top of the bag, wrapping the tape over the edge but not covering up the zipper closure.

Using a contrasting color, make a "frame" around the window of your bag.

Punch holes with a hole punch then place it in your binder.

Duck Tape® is seriously the best thing ever. It comes in a wide variety of colors, as well as many popular t.v. and movie characters, allowing you (or your kids) to transform any item into something personal and unique. With kids, it is so important for the to express themselves and what better way to do it than with Duck Tape®. And with so many new school supplies that they will want to personalize, Duck Tape® is a must for your back to school shopping list.

What I love about this product:

  • It is strong and very durable. Although I have not tested it yet, I'm pretty sure that this bag will make it through the school year with my kids.
  • It comes in a LARGE variety of colors. Duck Tape® comes in every color of the rainbow and then some. They even have gold, silver, flowers, animal prints, dozens of popular characters and many more.
  • The cost is reasonable. I paid $3.95* for the solid color rolls and you get 20 yards of tape. The non-solid rolls are only 10 yards and cost $5.95*. Can you imagine how many projects you can do with 10 yards of Duck Tape®?
  • I can buy Duck Tape at Walmart. I don't have to make extra trips to any craft stores or other specialty stores.
  • It's made in USA. With so many companies outsourcing their products I think that it is important to support our country and buy product made in our country.
  • It's not see through. I've used other patterned tape for projects in the past and you could see through the tape. So if I was taping over something with writing or a symbol I would cover it with white paper first. Duck Tape® is thicker so you can't see through it. You don't have to waste time coving up projects before you tape them.

*These were the prices for my local Walmart. Prices may vary depending on location.

 

If you would like more inspiration from Duck Tape® you can follow them @TheDuckBrand for tons of fabulous ideas.

And now for the best part....Would you like to make your own Duck Tape® creations? Duck Tape® is giving one luck reader a $100 Walmart gift card!!

Contest Details:

  • To enter all you have to do is leave a comment on this blog post stating what kind of Duck Tape® back to school themed craft you would make if you won the gift card.
  • Contest will end Friday August 30th
  • Winners will be announced Saturday August 31st on DIY Home Sweet Home.

GOOD LUCK!!

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Minggu, 18 Agustus 2013

More the Merrier Monday

Welcome back to “More the Merrier Monday” where you show off your creative side. Link up your blog post with any crafty tutorials, recipes, or tips. 

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Jumat, 16 Agustus 2013

Clean House "Quick Guide" - Ultimate Life Planning System

Many of you have been using my Clean House Printable for your Ultimate Life Planning System. However, some days (ok, you got me... MOST days) I just don't have the time to get everything done on my cleaning list.

That is why I came up with this quick guide. I listed the minimum items that I absolutely need to do each day in order to keep my home running smoothly.
I realize that each home is going to be different so this list will not work for everyone but I hope that some of you will find it useful!





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Kamis, 15 Agustus 2013

Nail Polish Remover to Shine Your Pans

Remember way back when I posted about using Dr. Bronner's Magic Soap with tea tree to clean my pans? (If not you can read more about it HERE)

Well I still had another sheet pan that was in dire need of some cleaning. However, I could not justify spending $10 on another bottle of soap just to clean one pan.
(We originally bought Dr. Bronner's to help with my daughters eczema but have found a cheaper option so we no longer buy it)

So I went on a search to find an ingredient I already had on hand.
 I tried a few options I found online (vinegar, backing soda, dryer sheets) but none of them worked.

That night while I was in my bathroom brushing my teeth, I spotted my nail polish remover.
I thought 'It gets the polish off my nails so maybe it will take the gunk off my pans.'
Sounds crazy right? But I was desperate and decided it was worth a shot.

I poured a cap-ful of nail polish remover onto the pan then began to scrub it with a scour pad.
(It would be a good idea to do this outside or at least in a well ventilated room.)
Holy-moly I couldn't believe my eyes. Look at how clean my pan is!!


You can obviously tell that this pan is a lot worse than the pan I used in the first post, yet it was so much easier to clean!! The nail polish remover requires very little scrubbing compared to the tee tree soap. You can literally see black gunk float to the top of the liquid as soon as you pour it over the pan.


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Selasa, 13 Agustus 2013

Party Planning - Ultimate Life Planning System







For more FREE printables for the Life Planning System click HERE.

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Minggu, 11 Agustus 2013

More the Merrier Monday

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